- opposing, resisting, or combating; expressing a view or stance against something or someone: In experimental film one often finds an oppositional attitude toward mainstream culture, and a desire to forge an alternative.
- expressing antagonism or hostility: Learning effective coping skills can reduce the negative influences of anger, oppositional behavior, and poor impulse control.
- relating to or being in a contrastive, symmetrical, or complementary two-way relation: This remote-controlled wooden floor lamp is a simple, efficient, seemingly oppositional pairing of the natural and technological.
